Quick and Dirty

I was exhausted last night, so I'm going to go ahead and bullet point today's stories. We'll start off with a few about The One.

Cronyism fears as Obama donor tipped for London ambassadorship (Times, Guardian)

Hugo Chavez to give Obama book by Vlad Lenin - How much you wanna bet that The One already has it? I know, I know, cheap shot, just kidding around.

Exclusive: On Obama’s Fiscal Follies – A Response to a Reader

Beavers return [to Scotland] after 400-year gap (BBC)

Latvia to Cure Recession Blues With Parade of Blondes (Times)

'Top Gun' takes on Taliban upside down (Times)

Prince Harry admits: I can't do maths but living with William makes life easier (Times)

Distant world circles tiny star (BBC)

Michael Totten: The Mother of All Myths - Michael Totten explains why solving the Israeli/Palestinian dispute would do nothing to solve the rest of the problems plaguing the Middle East.

Michael Yon: Secretary Gates in Singapore - As always, very much worth reading.

There's been a lot of stuff going on in Iran over the last few days. I'm going to try to cover that in tomorrow's post. In the mean time, I have things to do. Have a great day, folks.